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Lately, some people say that COVID-19 coronavirus cannot live in Indonesia because of the hot weather. Previously the same narration had also sparked when the coronavirus case had not been detected in Indonesia. Many link tropical climates to make Indonesia 'invulnerable' corona.

The emergence of the first infection in Indonesia to date has 1,790 cases, of course, refuting this notion. Until now there has been no research that shows the coronavirus can die in hot weather.

"If that is the postulate (presumption-ed) then in a hot region like Saudi Arabia all the viruses will die, it will be hotter than us," said Chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), Dr. Daeng M Faqih, in an online press conference Katadata, Friday (3/4/2020).

In addition, many who echo the sun can prevent transmission of the coronavirus. There are even times when it is recommended that absorption is more optimal.

As stated by Dr. Daeng, sunbathing can be one way to increase endurance. But don't be too sure that the virus will die just by basking in the sun."Do not be too confident that sunbathing, the virus will die. The virus lasts a long time not in the body or clothes, but in the throat because of the virus receptors in our throat. It will survive unless our immunity can fight," he explained.

"So do not sunbathe is considered free of viruses, it is only a small part (prevention efforts)," he concluded. (Khadijah Nur Azizah - detikHealth)